DIM

TITLE: "DIM"

AUTHOR: Saanvi

ARTIST: Nika Klee

I live in shadows. 

But not my own. 

I cannot recognise my own silhouette as well as I know hers. 

I have shrunk myself to fit into her outline, ensure that I am small enough and delicate enough. With adequate moulding, I have come to look just like her. Same hair, same outfits. 

Same person.

I did not ask for this, but now it is all I know. 

Funny how we look the same yet still I amlook wrong around the edges, rough in a way they do not like. 

Funny how our behaviours are different—- hers more carefree because she does not have to spend hours calculating her every move, mine more deliberate and considerate because I do—- and still she is more liked. More valued.

She has a prettier shadow, nicer outline. 

Two of hers would be nice. 

We can do away with mine.